#120: Deadly-Anthrax attacks 2001, Strange-Presidential turkey pardon, and the Armed and Dangerous Anthrax Cocktail
NOV 27, 202447 MIN
#120: Deadly-Anthrax attacks 2001, Strange-Presidential turkey pardon, and the Armed and Dangerous Anthrax Cocktail
NOV 27, 202447 MIN
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<p>This week Deklan tells us about the deadly attacks using the postal system and anthrax. In 2001, just after the 9/11 attacks, several people received mail that caused several people to become ill and others to die. It was discovered that someone was sending letters containing the spores of anthrax. Did they ever determine who did it? </p><p>Jane talks turkeys in honor of Thanksgiving! She tells us about a strange tradition in the US involving turkeys and the holiday. Diving back in history the first turkey pardon seems to have started with President Lincoln but it wasn’t adopted as a true tradition until President Bush Sr. </p><p>We also drink the long named Armed and Dangerous-Anthrax Cocktail.</p><p>Want to contact us, find us on:</p><p>Email: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p><p>Instagram: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/brutal_bizarre_boozy/">https://www.instagram.com/brutal_bizarre_boozy/</a> </p><p>Facebook fan group:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bbbfans">https://www.facebook.com/groups/bbbfans</a> </p><p>Patreon:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/brutalbizarreandboozy">https://www.patreon.com/brutalbizarreandboozy</a> </p><p>Podmoth Network:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podmoth.network/">https://podmoth.network/</a> </p><p>Sources:</p><p>Whitehouse History, Wikipedia, </p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey">https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/which-president-started-the-tradition-of-pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey">https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/which-president-started-the-tradition-of-pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation</a>, </p><p>Promo:</p><p>Getting Down and Wordy</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249</a> </p><p>I Think My Fridge is Haunted</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1MPoy1MwWAXrfImuEZ7whX?si=fc49cd34d46f469f">https://open.spotify.com/show/1MPoy1MwWAXrfImuEZ7whX?si=fc49cd34d46f469f</a> </p>